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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1936

1,247 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 26 of 63

Bombs Thrown P.O. And Police Station Violence in Palestine. Jerusalem

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 May 1936 · page 5

There were several new outrages to-day, including the bombing of Jaffa police station and Acre post office, but there were no casualties…

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Aboriginal Charged at Maclean Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 6

Appearing on remand at the Maclean Police Court before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P. M., on Thursday last, Douglas Long, an aboriginal, was charged with…

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Man Under Bed "Blow Out Your Brains" Three Strangers Arrested Grafton Police Court

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 3

Three strangers who arrived in Grafton from Casino a few days ago appeared before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., yesterday, at the Grafton Court of…

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Police Warning Forged £10 Notes

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 4

Following the detection of a forged £10 note which had been passed at the Bendigo races recently, the New South Wales Police Department has issued a…

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"Suicide Pact" Alleged Statement Ex-Police Trainees "Tossed a Coin for Turn" Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 May 1936 · page 5

"I saw Vickers lying with a revolver to his right temple just after I heard a shot. I was going to get hold of the revolver then and shoot…

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Two Russians Sentenced to Death. Moscow

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 5

Simenchuk, who was charged with setting up a dictatorship on Wrangel Island and being responsible for a reign of terror, including murder, was…

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"Black Legion" Like Ku Klux Klan 16 On Murder Charge Police Expose Activities Detroit

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 5

Police investigations of the "Black Legion" revealed to-day almost incredible details of its methods of operation and the extent of its…

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Austrian Nazis Clash with Police Vienna

Daily Examiner · Monday 25 May 1936 · page 5

One Nazi was killed and several injured, in a raid on Prince Starhemberg's Castle, at Wachsberg. Police were forewarned of the plan, and arrived…

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Order for Possession Owner Wants Premises Grafton Police Court Action

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 3

In the Grafton Police Court yesterday, before Mr. S. J. Bliss, P.M., Patrick Joseph Cadan, proprietor of the Freemasons' Hotel, Prince street, Grafton…

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Nine "Drunks" Fined By Magistrate Week-end Celebrations?

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 3

Eight "drunks," who had apparently been celebrating the Empire Day weekend more thoroughly than wisely, filled the dock and overflowed into the court…

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Smart Arrest Burglary At Kempsey Stranger on Two Charges Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 4

The police effected a smart piece of work over the week-end, at Kempsey. On Saturday night, the jewellery shop of C. Anderson, Belgrave street, was…

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Pawned Property Bankrupt Sent to Gaol. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 5

Alleged to have obtained property on credit, and then pawned it, Everard Henry House, a baukrupt to-day was sentenced by Mr. Justice Lukin, in the…

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Baby Girl Ill-treatment Alleged Step-father Charged Child in Serious Condition Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 5

Evidence of serious injuries suffered by a child 20 months old at the hands of her step-father, was given at Drysdale Court to-day,…

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S.P. INQUIRY More Allegations Against Police Officers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 4

Further allegations involving Sergeant William Patrick Jennings, also Constables Fletcher and Manns, were made at the Starting Price…

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Boneys in Court "Tried to Keep Away From Liquor."

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 26 May 1936 · page 7

"As the result of your warning, I think for the first time for many years they did not attend the Grafton Show, so they tried very hard to keep away…

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Not Guilty Native Charged with Murder. Darwin

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 27 May 1936 · page 1

After four disagreements the jury in the case in which Wearyan George was charged with the murder of a lubra named Jennie, returned a…

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Aged Woman Dies Attacked By Intruder Assailant Wanted for Murder Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Ann Deas (70) who was brutally attacked arid battered by a man at her home at Warrawee on Friday week, succumbed to her injuries…

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Court Delays Solicitors Criticised "Make Them Pay Costs." Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 28 May 1936 · page 4

Judge Thomson, in the District Court to-day, caused a stir among the solicitors when he made the suggestion that solicitors who were responsible for…

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Kempsey Burglary

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 1

Last Saturday night, about 11.15, Mr. Ron. D.eece, relieving night-watchman at Kempsey, tried the back door of Messrs. Anderson & Voisey's…

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Too Fat for Gaol

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1936 · page 3

A man sentenced in Chicago to imprisonment for passing bogus cheques escaped gaol because he was too fat to get into the prison. He is…

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